Acasta River
| Acasta River | ||
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| location | Northwest Territories (Canada) | |
| River system | Mackenzie River | |
| Drain over | Wopmay River → Camsell River → Great Bear River → Mackenzie River → Arctic Ocean | |
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Acasta Lake 65 ° 20 ′ 33 " N , 115 ° 32 ′ 21" W. |
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| Source height | 394 m | |
| muzzle | in Little Crapeau Lake coordinates: 64 ° 47 ′ 1 ″ N , 116 ° 20 ′ 5 ″ W 64 ° 47 ′ 1 ″ N , 116 ° 20 ′ 5 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 280 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 114 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 2280 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge above Little Crapeau Lake A Eo : 2280 km² |
MQ 1980/1994 Mq 1980/1994 |
12 m³ / s 5.3 l / (s km²) |
The Acasta River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada .
The Acasta River is a tributary of the Wopmay River in the catchment area of the Camsell River . It flows south from Acasta Lake, flowing around Exmouth Lake east and south. In the lower reaches it flows to the west and finally flows into the Little Crapeau Lake . The Acasta River has a length of about 100 km. It drains an area of 2280 km². The mean discharge is 12 m³ / s.
The Acasta gneisses found here were named after the river. Its name is reminiscent of the HMS Acasta , a destroyer of the Royal Navy that was sunk in 1940 by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Water Survey of Canada: Station 10JA004 , accessed on November 10, 2018 (English).
- ^ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories . NWT Cultural Places Program, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center 2017, accessed November 9, 2018.